University of Pennsylvania, Halper 418
Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS25892
- Shelfmark:
- Halper 418
- Title:
- Letter to an honorable rabbi
- Place:
- Fustat
- Date:
- 1100-1138?
- Language:
- Judeo-Arabic
- Material:
- fragment, torn upper right corner of folio; verso is blank
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 1 folio : fragment, torn upper right corner of folio; verso is blank
- Note:
- The writer is requesting support. He opens with Psalms XLI 2. The hand appears to be that of the court scribe Ḥalfon ha-Leṿi ben Menasheh.
Over 250 legal documents written by Ḥalfon have been collected by Gershon Weiss, Legal documents written by the court clerk Ḥalfon ben Menasheh, dated 1100-1138, a study in the diplomatics of the Cairo Geniza (Thesis (Ph.D.) in Oriental Studies--Graduate School of Arts and Sciences), University of Pennsylvania, 1970.
It is possible that the writer had Ḥalfon write this document, to show official approval and support for his collecting of donations. The fragment is missing the signatures and address.
Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).
Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).
Amram. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940420973503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p35718648/manifest
- Holding Institution:
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